| > I was also shocked ... glazed over eyes and people not understanding ... apparently it's just normal to sign documents without reading them. And this is why it's so common. It seems the only options are (1) just swallow the whole bottle of crazy pills and accept that your insane for caring about contracts, or (2) throw your morals in the trash and exploit the stupid people who don't read contracts. I've seen this myself in multiple places I've worked. I mention parts of the employment contract that bother me and co-workers look at me weird and say "mine didn't have that". Bro, I guarantee your contract said the same thing, but you didn't read it. And sometimes I can't really blame people. It's really stressful and aggravating to read an employment contract; a great way to start a existential crisis. But at the end of the day, it doesn't really matter what an employment contract says, because "those with power can screw up your life if they really want to" remains the same no matter what the employment contract says. A company can always have their legal department hound you to the ends of the Earth, forcing you to spend a few hundred thousand dollars defending yourself, and yeah, you might win in the end, and the company will say "our bad, lol", but you're still out a few hundred thousand dollars. So in a way, what does it matter if a company can fine you a few thousand dollars. They can do the same by abusing our legal system against any person. |